Image of six vignette street views centered on the facades of mill buildings of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota: the Consolidated Elevator with flour house; the Zenith Mill; the Columbia Mill; the Galaxy Mill with elevator; the Northwestern Mill; and the Crown Roller Mill; the vignettes show various street traffic, including horse-drawn carriages and wagons and trains on elevated tracks; text below each vignette identifies each mill and its daily barrel capacity. Date supplied by cataloger based on company and printer history; Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company was established in 1891 and Richmond Lith. Co. operated until 1895. "The Richmond Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co. Minneapolis : Ceresota : Trade Mark"--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 70.49 x 95.25 x 95.25 cm (27 3/4 x 37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Food Flour mills--Pictorial works Grain elevators--Pictorial works Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Industrial buildings--Pictorial works Mills and mill-work--Pictorial works Minneapolis (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Railroads, Elevated--Pictorial works Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Food Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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